aerostat
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- aerostatic adjective
Etymology
Origin of aerostat
Example Sentences
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She said pairs of agents use aerostat blimps to monitor the border remotely, and when troops have replaced one agent, it frees another to patrol.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2018
One report said: “Adding a smaller agent-deployed aerostat to the Border Patrol technology toolbox represents an inexpensive solution to provide persistent surveillance and communications.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2017
Known as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, the blimp is technically an aerostat -- a term for a lighter-than-air craft that is tethered to the ground.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2015
A frequent source of displeasure was the millions spent until recently on an aerostat balloon and a plane to try to transmit TV signals to Cuba.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2015
The Russian did as he was bidden, and the Ariel, followed by the aerostat, ascended to the Ithuriel, while the Orion kept up her patrol round the captive war-balloons.
From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by Griffith, George Chetwynd
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